The phrase "activists protecting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to activists who are engaged in the act of safeguarding or defending a cause, group, or environment.
Example: "The activists protecting the endangered species organized a rally to raise awareness about their plight."
Alternatives: "advocates safeguarding" or "campaigners defending".
Early in the day, protesters shared images of anti-Morsi activists protecting the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood's political party.
In 2014, it revealed - courtesy of the Guardian, incidentally - a surge in the killing of activists protecting land rights and the environment.
The killing of activists protecting land rights and the environment has surged over the past decade, with nearly three times as many deaths in 2012 than 10 years previously, a new report has found.
ORTHODOX LEADER CRITICAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS: A top Orthodox leader denounced human rights organizations on Tuesday, claiming that activists protecting homosexuals, abortion, and euthanasia are undermining Russian society.
As Hilde Heine President of the Marshall Islands writes in her wonderful article in the Guardian, 'Women are key activists protecting vital common resources, and at the forefront of developing local climate solutions respecting and incorporating traditional knowledge.
From a group of climate video activists protecting some 2.5 million hectares of indigenous forests in the Amazon to fearless pastoralist tribes in Kenya fighting drought or to the first ever Iranian NGO to win which restores hundreds of hectares of satellite wetlands, this year's Prize winners have all led extraordinary campaigns at the local level.
On Sundays, Muslim activists protected Christians as they held open-air masses.
Corrina Gould started the conversation sharing with the audience some of her work as an activist protecting Ohlone Heritage in the Bay Area.
On Tuesday, President Dilma Rousseff signed a new internet civil rights bill, which has been welcomed by many activists for protecting online democracy.
The Israeli case was that the bulldozer's crew – who testified behind a screen – were unable to see Rachel Corrie and that they were involved in clearing explosives, while witnesses for the family said the activists were protecting houses from demolition.
The last thing McDonald's or any like corporation wants to see is a strong, activist government protecting consumers, whether or not they're capable of adult judgment or are habituated (a harsher word is "addicted") to self-destructive products.
